Weighing scale platform having foldable envelope support

Details Weighing scale platform having foldable envelope support Weighing scale platform having foldable envelope support

1992-12-10

1993-10-19

Reinhart, Mark J.

Weighing scales

Load holder

Scale pan

177253, G01G 2122

Patent

active

052548120

ABSTRACT:
An improved platform for scales used to weigh parcels and envelopes for shipping has a hoop-shaped wire bail having at both rear end portions thereof a short, laterally inwardly projecting pivot leg. The pivot legs are axially aligned, and are pivotably attached to the platform in a manner permitting the bail to be pivoted upward and rearward from a position in which the plane of the bail lies below the surface of the platform, to an upright position in which envelopes placed on the platform may be leaned rearward against the bail, thus covering less of the platform and improving the viewability of a weight indicator located below the platform. Stop lugs in the platform located rearward of the pivot legs limit rearward motion of the bail to a position in which the plane of the bail is inclined slightly rearward of a plane perpendicular to the platform. In the preferred embodiment, a plurality of laterally disposed, longitudinally spaced apart grooves is formed in the upper surface of the platform, to receive the lower edge of an envelope and prevent the envelope from slipping off the platform.

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patent: 1667891 (1928-05-01), Hapgood
patent: 2459065 (1949-01-01), Dohl
patent: 3250339 (1966-05-01), Ruskin
patent: 4368791 (1983-01-01), Jakson
patent: 5050694 (1991-09-01), Liang

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